While most people are still in summer vacation mode, campaigns for municipal elections are ramping up, and the field is set for a very competitive race for mayor of Manchester.In a little more than 50 days, voters in Manchester will go to the polls to narrow the field of candidates for mayor from four to two.Seeking the corner office at city hall are Aldermen Kevin Cavanaugh, Will Stewart, June Trisciani and Jay Ruais, who has worked in nonprofit organizations and politics.Cavanaugh said voters are looking for a leader to address several Queen City issues."Well, as I talk to people, they talk about public safety, public education, homelessness, housing and opportunity. You know, I want every kid to come out of our classrooms ready to go for a four-year school, training program or into the workforce,” Cavanaugh said.Stewart, whose background is in business and economic development, said if elected, his number one priority is addressing the homeless crisis."First of all, you know, we need to agree on a goal. And to me, that should be the functional end of homelessness. We want to make it rare, brief and nonrecurring,” Stewart said. “I think we need to do a lot better job of aligning all of the players that are taking place in this sphere city government, state government, federal government, the nonprofit sector."Trisciani, a small business owner, said meeting the demand for more housing in the Queen City will be a top priority if she's mayor.“We've got to lessen the red tape for developers to do work in Manchester. We're hearing a lot of people that have concerns that it takes too long, it's too expensive. So we've got to find ways to streamline that process so that they can come to the table and build more,” Trisciani said.Ruais just returned to the campaign trail from a two-week National Guard training."People continuously tell me about the untapped potential that Manchester has, but there are some very real concerns about the homeless crisis, about an increase in taxes, condition of our schools and public safety. But underneath that is a deep amount of pride and respect and love for the city of Manchester,” Ruais said.The Manchester municipal primary is on Sept. 19.